If you don't live near train tracks you'd find it impossible to think you could ever get used to the noise. If you do live near train tracks the sound of the train literally becomes silent over time. The flu kills 30,000-65,000 (1) Americans every year and nobody "hears it" because we are simply used to it. We've lived with it for so long that it isn't reported anywhere, it doesn't scare people, it doesn't cause the government to overreact or even react at all. Restaurants don't close, the … [Read more...] about The Sound Of Silence